Horst Queck

Horst Queck (5 October 1943 – 20 September 2025) was an East German ski jumper who competed from 1966 to 1971.

Queck was born in Steinach, Gau Thuringia on 5 October 1943. His individual finish was second in the individual normal hill event in Austria in 1970. He was unrelated to the Olympic ski jumper Manfred Queck.¹ Queck died on 20 September 2025, at the age of 81.²

References

Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. p. 448. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.
"Mit 81 Jahren: Ex-DDR-Tournee-Sieger gestorben". t-online.de, 30 September 2025 (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2025.

Sources

Horst Queck at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation

[1] Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. p. 448. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.

[2] "Mit 81 Jahren: Ex-DDR-Tournee-Sieger gestorben". t-online.de, 30 September 2025 (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2025.

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